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Admission Arrangements

St Matthew’s use the Co-ordinated Admissions system. Parents should complete the Common Application Form provided by their home Local Education Authority (the Authority to whom you pay Council tax). This form should be returned to the relevant Authority by 12am on 31 October 2023.

To apply for a Year 7 secondary place for September 2024, through Manchester City Council click here.

Please check the individual dates with your local authority if you live in another area.

All the application forms will then be collated and the information on them sent to us. The Governing Body will meet to discuss the applications in early December. Parents of baptised Roman Catholic children will be asked to provide a copy of the child’s baptism certificate before this meeting.

Letters offering places at St Matthew’s High School will be sent to parents by Manchester Education Authority 1st March 2024.

Applications by parents of pupils other than Year 7, are to be made in the first instance through Admissions Team, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester M60 2LA.  Forms and further details are available at www.manchester.gov.uk email: school.admissions@manchester.gov.uk

The details of the application will then be forwarded to school for consideration by the Chair of Governors, if there are places available in the requested year group places will be allocated using the admission criteria. If there are no places available the pupil’s name will be added to a waiting list. Any parent wishing for information about the school is welcome to telephone and arrange a visit or simply ask for an information package.

 

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St. Matthew's RC High School are committed to a strong culture of safeguarding, and we ensure that all staff embrace the concept of “it could happen here.”  We expect everyone who works in and visits our school to share our commitment to vigilance and safety at all times. We encourage staff, students and visitors to report anything that concerns them, and we will always act in the best interest of the child. Our students are taught how to stay safe, including when online, and to recognise when they may be at risk. We ensure our students know how to get help when they need it.

Our policies can be found on this site and all visitors receive essential safeguarding and health and safety information when they enter our school.  If you have safeguarding concerns or need to contact us out of school hours, please email confide@smrchs.com

We are also part of Operation Encompass.  This means we get regular updates by the police about situations that may have happened within families in our community.  Please understand that sometimes we may have to speak to you about logged cases to ensure we can safeguard our children.